Analysis

  • user interaction
    yes
  • max time kernel
    148s
  • max time network
    149s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    24/07/2026, 05:56

General

  • Target
    metadata.json
  • Size 13B
  • Sample260724-gm5ehsgq4z
  • SHA256 2771d13c637c267132afff9db67537bef95708534b79ae8d954254c4e64e4e0f
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Drops desktop.ini file(s) 3 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

    Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

  • Executes a command shell one-liner 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Execution of a cmd.exe one-liner (/c "close" or /k "keep") is a common script/loader stage.

  • Checks processor information in registry 2 TTPs 19 IoCs

    Processor information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.

  • Modifies registry class 14 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 5 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 8 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 11 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 37 IoCs
  • Uses Task Scheduler COM API 1 TTPs

    The Task Scheduler COM API can be used to schedule applications to run on boot or at set times.

Processes

  • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
    cmd /c C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\metadata.json
    1⤵
    • Executes a command shell one-liner
    • Modifies registry class
    PID:832
  • C:\Windows\system32\OpenWith.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\OpenWith.exe -Embedding
    1⤵
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2568
    • C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe
      "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -osint -url "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\metadata.json"
      2⤵
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3472
      • C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe
        "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -osint -url C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\metadata.json
        3⤵
        • Drops desktop.ini file(s)
        • Checks processor information in registry
        • Modifies registry class
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
        • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:5920
        • C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe
          "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -contentproc -parentBuildID 20250130195129 -prefsHandle 1952 -prefsLen 27097 -prefMapHandle 1956 -prefMapSize 270279 -ipcHandle 2028 -initialChannelId {a31e24b1-7339-4b5b-85b0-978556407036} -parentPid 5920 -crashReporter "\\.\pipe\gecko-crash-server-pipe.5920" -appDir "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\browser" - 1 gpu
          4⤵
            PID:3568
          • C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe
            "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -contentproc -parentBuildID 20250130195129 -prefsHandle 2424 -prefsLen 27133 -prefMapHandle 2428 -prefMapSize 270279 -ipcHandle 2436 -initialChannelId {9497f1a6-2fc2-488e-9b38-02eea2b13d6d} -parentPid 5920 -crashReporter "\\.\pipe\gecko-crash-server-pipe.5920" -win32kLockedDown -appDir "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\browser" - 2 socket
            4⤵
              PID:3020
            • C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe
              "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -contentproc -isForBrowser -prefsHandle 3928 -prefsLen 27323 -prefMapHandle 3932 -prefMapSize 270279 -jsInitHandle 3936 -jsInitLen 253512 -parentBuildID 20250130195129 -ipcHandle 3944 -initialChannelId {5e260796-7135-48b7-b3fc-224644b500de} -parentPid 5920 -crashReporter "\\.\pipe\gecko-crash-server-pipe.5920" -win32kLockedDown -appDir "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\browser" - 3 tab
              4⤵
              • Checks processor information in registry
              PID:4308
            • C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe
              "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -contentproc -parentBuildID 20250130195129 -prefsHandle 4080 -prefsLen 27323 -prefMapHandle 4084 -prefMapSize 270279 -ipcHandle 4124 -initialChannelId {7ec5beaf-8cf6-4129-8788-c1b5a1cc3ac5} -parentPid 5920 -crashReporter "\\.\pipe\gecko-crash-server-pipe.5920" -appDir "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\browser" - 4 rdd
              4⤵
                PID:2856
              • C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe
                "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -contentproc -isForBrowser -prefsHandle 2732 -prefsLen 34822 -prefMapHandle 2880 -prefMapSize 270279 -jsInitHandle 2996 -jsInitLen 253512 -parentBuildID 20250130195129 -ipcHandle 2608 -initialChannelId {f0230367-686d-495a-bb56-0db1bc52dbd4} -parentPid 5920 -crashReporter "\\.\pipe\gecko-crash-server-pipe.5920" -win32kLockedDown -appDir "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\browser" - 5 tab
                4⤵
                • Checks processor information in registry
                PID:5948
              • C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe
                "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -contentproc -parentBuildID 20250130195129 -sandboxingKind 0 -prefsHandle 5032 -prefsLen 35010 -prefMapHandle 5036 -prefMapSize 270279 -ipcHandle 4668 -initialChannelId {dfbe6f1a-e533-4597-afb7-32f816f25c8f} -parentPid 5920 -crashReporter "\\.\pipe\gecko-crash-server-pipe.5920" -win32kLockedDown -appDir "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\browser" - 6 utility
                4⤵
                • Checks processor information in registry
                PID:4200
              • C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe
                "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -contentproc -isForBrowser -prefsHandle 5420 -prefsLen 32952 -prefMapHandle 5424 -prefMapSize 270279 -jsInitHandle 5428 -jsInitLen 253512 -parentBuildID 20250130195129 -ipcHandle 5436 -initialChannelId {ffa36439-3c4a-4776-aa3c-d27cd40178c8} -parentPid 5920 -crashReporter "\\.\pipe\gecko-crash-server-pipe.5920" -win32kLockedDown -appDir "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\browser" - 7 tab
                4⤵
                • Checks processor information in registry
                PID:1600
              • C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe
                "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -contentproc -isForBrowser -prefsHandle 5564 -prefsLen 32952 -prefMapHandle 5568 -prefMapSize 270279 -jsInitHandle 5572 -jsInitLen 253512 -parentBuildID 20250130195129 -ipcHandle 5580 -initialChannelId {262aa137-a4b3-4c05-8081-6df822108295} -parentPid 5920 -crashReporter "\\.\pipe\gecko-crash-server-pipe.5920" -win32kLockedDown -appDir "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\browser" - 8 tab
                4⤵
                • Checks processor information in registry
                PID:5088
              • C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe
                "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -contentproc -isForBrowser -prefsHandle 5752 -prefsLen 32952 -prefMapHandle 5756 -prefMapSize 270279 -jsInitHandle 5760 -jsInitLen 253512 -parentBuildID 20250130195129 -ipcHandle 5768 -initialChannelId {9eb06ea1-4a75-46af-a8a1-12b1b05c3ae0} -parentPid 5920 -crashReporter "\\.\pipe\gecko-crash-server-pipe.5920" -win32kLockedDown -appDir "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\browser" - 9 tab
                4⤵
                • Checks processor information in registry
                PID:920

        Network

              MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

              Replay Monitor

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              Downloads

              4DDF99D0461C50BB47DC9EC040A8AD4C9355497C

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\zatx2150.default-release\cache2\entries\4DDF99D0461C50BB47DC9EC040A8AD4C9355497C
              • Size 3.8MB
              • SHA256 fe44647863fb341ae6ba990f4ec24d0c203c2e683a7e4fa9b92c6dd27f45a49f
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              4E3D8FAAF804AAC616BC48BD4AFA8BE284516FCF

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\zatx2150.default-release\cache2\entries\4E3D8FAAF804AAC616BC48BD4AFA8BE284516FCF
              • Size 15KB
              • SHA256 1f62b3850cbc2dfa0da0f4b38525ae4ceb6d202acb841a1f70238679005c4863
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              tmpaddon

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpaddon
              • Size 11KB
              • SHA256 ddf3ba4e25a622276755133e0cce5605b83719c7cab3546e09acbfed00d6a986
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              tmpaddon

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpaddon
              • Size 502KB
              • SHA256 87862f4bc8559fbe578389a9501dc01c4c585edb4bb03b238493327296d60171
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              data.safe.tmp

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\zatx2150.default-release\datareporting\glean\db\data.safe.tmp
              • Size 7KB
              • SHA256 92a360a809e76b8863dac126a588e55df46657be76827b1ae680f7f8a8986511
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              data.safe.tmp

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\zatx2150.default-release\datareporting\glean\db\data.safe.tmp
              • Size 6KB
              • SHA256 1688165e3522507a0a311223dbc935112d0fda017fbf78d728e437d3ec7e2269
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              data.safe.tmp

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\zatx2150.default-release\datareporting\glean\db\data.safe.tmp
              • Size 28KB
              • SHA256 97f8615f9c6c1bb87e92f7776c06454d94e1926d44168c1dca7e982c36f3143b
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              data.safe.tmp

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\zatx2150.default-release\datareporting\glean\db\data.safe.tmp
              • Size 28KB
              • SHA256 89f37cbb8da2a5c3e6153e13b84d5d625c6f9d7982f8992c722ed771f8b8d670
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              data.safe.tmp

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\zatx2150.default-release\datareporting\glean\db\data.safe.tmp
              • Size 28KB
              • SHA256 9a3f5b3d9679ac462ecf80c817740ffd3033d8dd5fcd5581cd2121f4ea0d06ad
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              events

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\zatx2150.default-release\datareporting\glean\events\events
              • Size 1KB
              • SHA256 f2dc5fc2db10a25d09e5d90e4dd47bac1a47b318c5b9f0c9ef64afa6ea9455bf
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

              39078a4c-95d4-45e9-96e3-6eac474092e9

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\zatx2150.default-release\datareporting\glean\pending_pings\39078a4c-95d4-45e9-96e3-6eac474092e9
              • Size 883B
              • SHA256 864d699ac87957217bd8d34fa12cc23bc7dcc9c91ba2874a60f1cfeb9b43e209
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

              40621a15-e2e1-49d7-a1e9-386c54023e6b

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\zatx2150.default-release\datareporting\glean\pending_pings\40621a15-e2e1-49d7-a1e9-386c54023e6b
              • Size 235B
              • SHA256 dba398f97791b94ac9271d00c0d79831b442cb0eac48f367b44e8b3884945d28
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

              bd6977a4-63d7-4a96-bbac-442afad9ea8b

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\zatx2150.default-release\datareporting\glean\pending_pings\bd6977a4-63d7-4a96-bbac-442afad9ea8b
              • Size 16KB
              • SHA256 44b42649fff9dba1b6ae6712af637d3f418ccfdcdd5d4c1b8d43fd95a1fc84ef
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              c9b5ba48-9baf-4688-a295-d361ebfc0a8e

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\zatx2150.default-release\datareporting\glean\pending_pings\c9b5ba48-9baf-4688-a295-d361ebfc0a8e
              • Size 235B
              • SHA256 5cf9235ace8b1d6aa14a37f57846d6edb22aa73d253f6916a581ed82337d7aca
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

              cb5754ba-7c91-43a6-9edd-9d51e184805f

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\zatx2150.default-release\datareporting\glean\pending_pings\cb5754ba-7c91-43a6-9edd-9d51e184805f
              • Size 2KB
              • SHA256 1efc0fe8c152661f808d379c0c605072418a12f0a57f2983354fb03bb5e94328
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

              d306abb6-f0f9-4504-bcb2-b11ad78c19a2

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\zatx2150.default-release\datareporting\glean\pending_pings\d306abb6-f0f9-4504-bcb2-b11ad78c19a2
              • Size 886B
              • SHA256 b058a0d2d6cbe5ec5423e7bc3da3a7791496ed10ba0946e6833c0d84d3f624ae
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

              extensions.json.tmp

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\zatx2150.default-release\extensions.json.tmp
              • Size 16KB
              • SHA256 cfdd9ab5c180319403d3a6db6b35619f497b61141fa0e0799ff67af82e6a2d3f
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              gmpopenh264.dll

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\zatx2150.default-release\gmp-gmpopenh264\2.6.0\gmpopenh264.dll
              • Size 1.1MB
              • SHA256 37c005a7789747b412d6c0a6a4c30d15732da3d857b4f94b744be1a67231b651
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              gmpopenh264.info

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\zatx2150.default-release\gmp-gmpopenh264\2.6.0\gmpopenh264.info
              • Size 116B
              • SHA256 fe7686a6281f0ab519c32c788ce0da0d01640425018dcffcfcb81105757f6fe6
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

              manifest.json

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\zatx2150.default-release\gmp-widevinecdm\4.10.3050.0\manifest.json
              • Size 1002B
              • SHA256 2894996540fabbd346ed4ced8386ca77d6badf60372e307ee15c906c30340d0d
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

              widevinecdm.dll

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\zatx2150.default-release\gmp-widevinecdm\4.10.3050.0\widevinecdm.dll
              • Size 21.6MB
              • SHA256 f1216e26ee8c27f938d7722427d29f190e569ed83d0ba16ea872cae684b97602
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              prefs.js

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\zatx2150.default-release\prefs.js
              • Size 6KB
              • SHA256 810226803c90fc4f6d0cf22c4da3cefd12a5404165ad31bd78f078de96bbe10b
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              prefs.js

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\zatx2150.default-release\prefs.js
              • Size 7KB
              • SHA256 fcc9bb7b63c66f1d16d2bbe4acc0f13b94bb669f87559898e19496d4f7b797e2
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              prefs.js

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\zatx2150.default-release\prefs.js
              • Size 6KB
              • SHA256 210db07f549edd702439b1311074f579907ea553057d118bfeb91603adf5b933
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              recovery.baklz4

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\zatx2150.default-release\sessionstore-backups\recovery.baklz4
              • Size 1KB
              • SHA256 30420cf8855c64521a033876e14e27ce4770d083bf51d34a5905d50d9251af40
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

              recovery.jsonlz4

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\zatx2150.default-release\sessionstore-backups\recovery.jsonlz4
              • Size 1KB
              • SHA256 32c6dbbe18561eb58fc1da2f62ff1aebfa431d564e02069e4591e171ec41a9e4
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

              3870112724rsegmnoittet-es.sqlite

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\zatx2150.default-release\storage\permanent\chrome\idb\3870112724rsegmnoittet-es.sqlite
              • Size 6.1MB
              • SHA256 5641f991ac35c34e39790955e5630803e1058328bedfdddbb65c6ebf61fef9ce
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH